PEPPER prices remain broadly unchanged in light trading as sellers seek indications of how the upcoming harvests are likely to go according to the International Pepper Community’s. News of the impact of recent wet weather in central and southern Vietnam is eagerly awaited by sellers so they can formulate their strategies…READ MORE
PEPPER exports earned Vietnam $224m in the first 10 months of the year, despite a 37% decrease in volume. World pepper prices surged from the beginning of this year, as news of reduced production in Vietnam and other origins came in. Some grades of black pepper surpassed $4,000 a tonne…READ MORE
Surging pepper prices earlier in the year – which were largely caused by a reduction in output from Vietnam, the world’s top producer – account for the increased revenue from pepper exports. Vietnam’s pepper exports for the whole of 2007 are expected to amount to $310m, double last year’s figure, even as the volume of […]
EUROPEAN pepper traders are sceptical about claims from Indian sources that global availability of black pepper in 2008 will be much less than anticipated earlier. Vietnam still has stocks, some five months on from the official end of harvesting in April…READ MORE
In the next six months, material will be available from new crops in Vietnam. The trader also pointed out that any price above $3,000 a tonne was attractive for sellers, meaning that there was still room for downward movement…READ MORE
Generally, there is reluctance to buy [black] pepper, taking into consideration the fact that new crops from Vietnam are entering the market during the next five tosix months, According to the trader, it is unlikely that the market will be able to absorb the large volumes that will reach the market so a further decline […]
Vietnam has had slightly lower production than normal this year, but high pepper prices mean that in the first half of the year it earned almost the same amount from the spice as in the whole of 2006 Vietnam has benefited from a doubling in international prices compared with 2006. Vietnamese pepper production fell to […]
Vietnam has had slightly lower production than normal this year, but high pepper prices mean that in the first half of the year it earned almost the same amount from the spice as in the whole of 2006. Pepper exports from the country totaled around 53,000 tonnes from January to June, bringing in over $146m […]
Vietnam’s 2007 crop could be slightly smaller than that of 2006, the country is expected to have more than 100,000 tonnes available for export this year. It pointed out that Vietnam had shipped 32,000 tonnes between January and May, so for the remainder of this year it will have a volume of 65,000 tonnes left […]
Vietnam’s pepper production could be as low as 88,000 tonnes in 2007, compared with usual output of above 100,000 tonnes. However, other traders predicted that the crop would still be above 95,000 tonnes…READ MORE